The Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementia, Apocrypha, Decretals, Memoirs of Edessa and Syriac Documents, Remains of the First Age
| Authors | Schaff, Philip |
| Series | Ante-Nicene Fathers [8.0] |
| Tags | Early |
| Publisher | Christian Classics Ethereal Library |
| Published | |
| Date | 11 gen 2022 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | uri: https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf08.html |
Description
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
• Two Epistles Concerning Virginity by [pseudo-?]Clement, disciple of St. Paul
• Pseudo-Clementine Literature
• Apocrypha of the New Testament
- Protoevangelium of James (c. 150) ref:1177.1-30 ←one of the earliest proofs of Our Lady's perpetual virginity (ante , in , & post partum), but unfortunately it thinks St. Joseph was not a virgin (most josephologists think he was: Calloway, M.I.C., PDF pp. 134-46) but an old widower; cf. The Life of Mary as Seen by the Mystics.
- Acts of Paul and Thecla (c. 180) ref:1360.1-1360.35 ←St. Thecla, catechumen of St. Paul, had a huge cult in early Christianity, comparable to the Blessed Virgin's. St. Ambrose mentions her in De virginibus II, 3 (ref:337.1-4); she's the patroness of Milan. This is certainly a true, historically accurate account (compared to the other apocrypha).